New opening - Shinkai

Japanese: 新開 - しんかい

〘 noun 〙 (also "shingai") 1 (━ to do) The act of cultivating wasteland and building rice fields, housing sites, roads, etc. Also, the reclaimed land. Boastful. Newly reclaimed land. Newly reclaimed land. *Azuma Kagami, Kanki 2 (1230), January 26th, "At the _Bushu Official Documents Office, the wilderness of Ota Manor _in Musashi Province has been _newly _reclaimed , and _a decision _{has been} made." *Irohaji (1559), "Newly reclaimed (shingai) " 2) With the official approval of the head of the household, cultivating wasteland and making it private property. Later, it also came to mean a family's private property. 3) A newly opened town. The opening up of a new urban area. Newly reclaimed land. *Rakugo, Lord's Passage Through the Red Light District (1890), from Kingoro Kosan: "I've looked around the newly reclaimed areas of Ogawamachi and elsewhere, but I can't find it."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「しんがい」とも)① (━する) 荒地を新たに開墾して、田畠・宅地、または道路などを造ること。また、その開墾した土地。にいばり。新開地。新墾。※吾妻鏡‐寛喜二年（1230）正月二六日「於_二武州公文所_一武蔵国太田庄内荒野可_二新開_一、有_二其沙汰_一」※いろは字（1559）「新開(シンガイ)」② 家長公認のもとに、荒地を開墾して私有財産とすること。のちには家族の私有財産もいう。③ 新しくひらけた町。市街が新たに開けること。新開地。※落語・殿様の廓通ひ（1890）〈禽語楼小さん〉「小川町の新開抔(など)を廻って探したが分りません」

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